Twitter fights spam and bots

23 February, 2018, 04:32 | Author: Franklin Nunez

The move makes sense - like Facebook, Twitter is investigating use of its platform to interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections and looking for ways to prevent a repeat. Tweetdeck users will no longer be able to bulk tweet, retweet, like or follow using several accounts at the same time.

Twitter users have until 23 March to ensure they comply with the new regulation or risk having their accounts suspended.

Twitter has new rules in place to prevent applications and services from utilizing automation for the purposes of posting spam.

The social messaging platform has banned mass tweeting, and the latest move is meant to rid the service of the spam-spewing automated accounts and to ensure Twitter is a safe place with no malicious activity targeting the crucial conversations taking place.

The micro-blogging site will stop a user from simultaneously liking or retweeting a post, or following an account, from multiple accounts. Other users said they received messages from Twitter asking them to confirm they were real people before being allowed to keep using the service.

There are some exceptions to the rules: alerts regarding "weather, emergency, or other public service announcements of broad community interest" will be exempted from the limitations, as they provide essential information and need to be spread to as many people as possible in a short period of time.

Soon after that, the #twitterlockout hashtag started trending on Twitter, as this temporary login issue happened without any prior notification from the company's side.

Twitter says it is taking new steps to cripple spambots on its platform.

Twitter made substantial changes today that will greatly impact social media managers who oversee multiple accounts and use automation apps to manage their Twitter activity.

Last month the company said the number of Russia-linked accounts on Twitter firing off tweets which were evidently aimed at the USA election in 2016 was more widespread than initially determined.

"That's why some people may be experiencing suspensions or locks", the company said in a statement from spokeswoman Emily Horne.

Already there has been some controversy after the social network removed large numbers of suspected bot accounts from its service this week. "This is part of our ongoing, comprehensive efforts to make Twitter safer and healthier for everyone". He said, though, that he believes Twitter's actions are just "one piece of the puzzle", adding that there are other, more sophisticated ways in which bad actors automate tweets, such as writing their own software in order to avoid using Twitter's own programs.

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